English Lesson

Present simple

What is a TENSE?

When we talk about tenses we refer to TIME: present, past or future.

TIME expresses

*Past: Before now.

*Present: Now, or any time that includes now.

*Future: After now.

ASPECT can be

*Progressive: Uncompleted action.

*Perfect: Completed action or state.

SIMPLE TENSES don't have any aspect.

Which are the tenses?

Simple Present

*Things we do REGULARLY.

*When you want to talk about actions and permanent states.

*Every day activities!

Affirmative form

        Subject + Verb + Complement

*Third person singular (She, he and it): we have to add a final -s or -es at the end of the verb.

Negative form

DO NOT - DON'T: I, You, We and They.

DOES NOT - DOESN'T: She, He and It.

INTERROGATIVE FORM

Do

Does

I

You

We

They

She

He

It

Verb

Complement

?

1. Describe your daily routine (8 affirmative sentences + 5 negative sentences).

2. Write 5 questions to ask about Valentina's routine.

Choose a member of your family and prepare a 2 minute speech about his/her daily routine.

Prepositions of place

A preposition is a word that tells you where or when something is in relation to something else.

What about contractions?

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